Arizona schools

Saying that children need more God, the state House has approved allowing chaplains in public school classrooms.

Currently, more than 800 schools across Arizona are enrolled in the program, which equips each school with one albuterol inhaler and 10 spacers for administering the medication.

This month, an Arizona grand jury indicted two out-of-state residents for cheating the state's Empowerment Scholarship Account program out of more than $110,000. Now, critics of the program believe Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne's latest decision could open the door to similar problems.

A state lawmaker and congressional candidate said Tuesday it is because of Christianity that other religions have been allowed into the United States.

Research at the Grand Canyon Institute looked at what the data shows about how the expansion of Empowerment Scholarship Accounts in Arizona is working, and where.

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Horne, speaks with Chris McDaniel about his priorities for Arizona Schools and working with a Democratic Governor.

Top legislative Republicans have hired an out-of-state attorney -- at taxpayer expense -- to defend a 2022 law that forbids transgender girls from participating in girls' sports.

Nearly 6,500 Arizona children have applied for the new universal vouchers to attend private and parochial schools at taxpayer expense.And it appears the vast majority are youngsters whose parents already are paying for them to go there.

Gov. Doug Ducey penned his signature Thursday to creating the most comprehensive system of private and parochial school vouchers in the nation, paving the way for a petition drive to have voters kill it -- again.

The state House voted 45-14 Tuesday to waive the expenditure cap that is in the way of Arizona public schools being able to spend all the money they already have for this fiscal year.